Thousands without power after winter storm brings high winds to N.S.
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A significant winter storm that brought high winds has left thousands of homes and businesses in Nova Scotia without power Sunday morning.
The storm started Saturday, bringing a messy mix of heavy snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and rain to the region, with wind gusting up to 100 km/h in some areas.
Wind warnings are still in effect for much of Nova Scotia, including the Halifax region, Guysborough County and all of Cape Breton.
Environment Canada says these areas could see winds between 70-100 km/h Sunday morning, while exposed areas of the coast could get 120 km/h winds.
Sean Borden, a storm lead with Nova Scotia Power, said Cape Breton is starting to see some power outages related to the high winds.
"The winds are starting to pick up in Cape Breton. We're just starting to see that right now, so there have been a few new outages down in the Sydney area in the last hour or so," Borden said early Sunday.
"We'll continue to watch that and be ready to respond to that."
Borden said that as of 7 a.m. AT about 21,000 customers had lost electricity since the start of the storm.
He said one of the major outages was located in the Shearwater and Eastern Passage areas, where high winds broke a conductor in one of the substations early Sunday.
Crews have since restored power to about 2,500 customers in the area.
According to Nova Scotia Power's outage map, there were about 2,700 customers without power as of 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Borden said there are about 400 people working to restore power to customers across the province.
"So far, our crews have been making good progress, but we are experiencing some challenging conditions with the roads and the high winds," Borden said early Sunday.
"So our crews have had to stand down in a few cases where we've had winds over 100 km/hr, but we're expected to get through those this morning and get back to restoration in those areas."
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